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    The ml4bio Workshop: Machine Learning Literacy for Biologists
    Presentation on machine learning literacy for biologists at the 2019 Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference

    Keywords: bioinformaticsmachine learning

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    Bioinformatics: Investigating Sequence Similarity - A Plant Biology Approach
    This laboratory module is a modification of the original published on CourseSource with a focus on plant biology. In the final activity, students conduct a BLAST to compare histone protein...

    Keywords: phylogeneticsbioinformaticssequencingFASTANCBIplant biologyNIBLSEalgorithmsincubatorsPlant and Fungal EvolutionBLASTmultiple sequence alignmentsequence similarityBLOSUM scoring matrixneighbor-joining distance matrixCourseSourcephylogram

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    Movement: Nature's Flying Machines
    In this lab, you will explore the physics of flight, the adaptations that make powered flight possible, and the evolution of powered flight in vertebrates and invertebrates.

    Keywords: citizen sciencequantitative skillsDigital RepositoryFlight

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    AVIDA exercise on the role of mutation in evolution
    A tested exercise at the college freshmen level using AVIDA-Ed to generate and test a hypothesis about the relationship between mutation rate and the probability of evolving a useful function in...
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    Working with Datasets in R swirl
    The goal of this lesson is to learn how to import datasets into R, understand variable types, make adjustments to variables, perform basic calculations, and begin data visualization. The exercise...

    Keywords: graphingRStudioclimate change datatidyverseWorking with datasets

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    Changing Faculty Practice: Promoting the Scholarship of Teaching with Faculty Mentoring Networks
    Poster presented at Transforming STEM Higher Education: Confirming the Authority of Evidence, AAC&U 2018

    Keywords: faculty mentoring networksquantitative literacyCommunities of Practice

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    Amylase Copy Number and Diet
    An adapted module from HHMI Spreadsheet Tutorials using amylase data for students to gain data analysis and excel skills

    Keywords: Scientific ProcessStatistics and MathScientific Methodology

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    Spider Silk: Stress-Strain Curves and Young's Modulus
    This module introduces the stress-strain curve in the context of understanding materials' mechanical behavior. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: structurestressbiomechanicsFunctionsstrainYoung's Modulusmechanical

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    Exploring the functionality of R
    Students work with example data to generate a length-weight plot and use lm() to obtain regression coefficients. Base plot functions are used to plot both the data and the regression line.
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    Regulation of Gene Expression and Adipogenesis by PPAR-γ
    Students learn about transcriptional regulation of PPAR-γ, an important controller of adipose tissue stores and energy metabolism through a drawing/coloring activity of the different components...

    Keywords: gene expressionsmall group worktranscriptional regulationadipose tissuefat metabolismrepressor

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    Plasmodium Problem Space
    This problem space brings together diverse resources with the goal of helping biology teachers and learners engage in research investigations.

    Keywords: bioinformaticsproblem spacesNIBLSERNAseqmalariaplasmodium

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    Using computational molecular modeling software to demonstrate how DNA mutations cause phenotypes
    This lesson is a five-week series of laboratory activities designed to help students transition from applying lower order thinking skills to the central dogma to applying higher-order thinking skills.

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNIBLSEProtein StructureDNAmolecular modelinggenotypephenotypeCourseSourcecomputational modelingcentral dogmaplant leaf structure

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    Homologous chromosomes? Exploring human sex chromosomes, sex determination and sex reversal using bioinformatics approaches
    In this four- part guided activity, students will learn about the structure and function of human autosomal and sex chromosomes, view and interpret gene maps, and gain familiarity with basic...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNIBLSECourseSourceautosomehomologous chromosomeshomologous recombinationsex chromosomesex determinationsex reversal mutations

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    Finding Selection in All the Right Places
    Lab introducing students to evolutionary genetics using bioinformatics and biocuration, published as GSA Learning Resource

    Keywords: geneticsbioinformaticssequencingNIBLSE

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    NEON Data in the Classroom: Faculty Mentoring Networks Offer a Low-Investment High-Output Means of Creating and Implementing Data-Centric Classroom Materials
    This ePoster presents the Faculty Mentoring Network model as a way to support faculty creation and implementation of data-centric classroom teaching activities. It focuses on the NEON Data...

    Keywords: faculty mentoring networksNational Ecological Observatory Network

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    Seed Dispersal in Tropical Forests: Learning How Plants Move Around
    This module focuses on the dispersal of seeds from trees in fragmented tropical forests. Students use data from published studies to understand patterns of seed dispersal and apply these ideas to...

    Keywords: ecologyResources @ HHMI - BioInteractivecommunityplantsdiversityScientific Process

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    Food Chain Dynamics In A Simple Ecosystem
    In this lab, students will work with a simple algae/brine shrimp environment to learn about food chains and population dynamics.

    Keywords: ecologyecosystemsfood chainalgae

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    Leaf litter and soil invertebrates
    The diversity of invertebrates occupying the leaf litter and organic layer of soil can be quantified to examine abiotic and biotic questions. This lab can be used as a starting point for a...
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    Developing quantitative skills for ecological data: the effects of climate warming on phenological variation and species interactions
    Students combine long-term observational data sets and experimental warming in an alpine meadow in Gothic, CO to test, evaluate, and interpret ecological data focusing on phenological variation and...

    Keywords: species interactionsclimate changequantitative skillsphenologyenvironmental variationphenological mis-match

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    Questions For Biology: Concept Inventories for Biological Concepts
    The Questions For Biology (Q4B) team aims to create validated concept inventories for use in diagnosing student misconceptions, informing teaching practices and tracking learning gains across a...

    Keywords: assessmentConcept inventoriesconcept inventory

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